18 Hole Parkland
Course Facts: Address
Barn Hill
Letterkenny
Co. DonegalSecretary/Manager: Dermot Rainey Captain: Dermot Condon Lady Captain: Eithna Diver Telephone: 074-9121150 President: Hugh Doherty Public No: 074-9121150 Vice-Captain: Brian O'Donnell & Tracy Spence Fax: 074-9121175 Hon. Secretary: Dermot Rainey & Catherine Cooke-Harkin E-mail: info@letterkennygolfclub.com Club Pro: Seamus Duffy Website: www.letterkennygolfclub.com Hon. Treasurer: Brian O'Reilly & Monica McDonagh Founded: 1913 Designed by: Eddie Hackett Membership: 611 Course opening hours: Daylight hours Green Fees Midweek: €25 Clubhouse opening hours: 12.00am to 11.30pm Green Fees Weekends & B.H.: €30 Mobile phones: Not on course or in clubhouse Green Fees With a Member: €20/25 Dress Code: Neat casual, no denim Green Fees For Opens: €15 Catering: Full catering facilities Practice Area: Yes Days to Avoid: Thursday & Wednesday mornings Club Hire: Yes Green Fees and Societies Welcome: Other days Buggy Hire: Yes Pre-booking for open tournaments: 14 Days in advance Soft spikes: No
Course Description:
Designed by the late great Eddie Hackett, Letterkenny is 6,239 yards par-70 with a standard scratch of 71 off white tees. Very, mature 18 hole, parkland, course on shores Lough Swilly an undulating layout. first eleven holes are relatively flat, closing played plateau affording golfer and visitor panoramic view side picturesque wooded countryside. fairways tree lined playable all year. meandering stream comes into play many holes.
Letterkenny opened its new state-of-the-art 10,000 square feet clubhouse in 1998, providing an excellent Restaurant, Bar and Conference facilities. Although the retains much of charm character old style gentleman's residence. It has open fireplace, ornately decorated ceiling a friendly atmosphere. Many good singsong been heard here as evening rolls on. visitor is assured warm Donegal welcome at Letterkenny Golf Social Club.
Open & Major fixtures 2008: Event
Start
Finish
Type
Duration
No fixtures until 2009.
Club History
Instituted 1913. There is evidence in a letter written by Mr. Robert R. Robinson, land steward to Maj. General A. C. H. Stewart on 9th April, 1894, that golf was played at Letterkenny before 1909. The letter reads "I write and beg to say Mr. Chambers, Manager of the Ulster Bank, Dr. Carre and a few others have been playing golf in the Lawn, starting at McDaid's old Lodge and going across into the Fort Field. They say it is splendid golfing ground and are envious to get what they call six pots made in it. This I refused letting them do, until I hear from you"
There is a legend in Letterkenny of an original three-hole course at Windyhill and an even earlier one at Ballyraine. The records of the present club only go back to 1929 and a foundation date of 1913 is generally accepted. In 1967, the club moved to its present location at Barnhill and went eighteen-holes, from its nine-hole course at Crievesmith. A fine new clubhouse has recently been built and opened in 1998
Location
Take the road to Ramelton and keep your eyes open for a sign to the right approx. one mile up the road from Mt Errigal Hotel.
Members Achievements
Letterkenny Golf Club won The Ulster Cup in 1987, The Donegal Senior League in 1998, 1996 and 19991. they won the Donegal Inter Club League in 2001, 1994, 1993 and 1991 and the Donegal Minor League in 1990.
Pat McMonagle, John Russell and Barry Ramsay won the won the Carlsberg West Coast Challenge in the millennium.
The Ladies of Letterkenny won the Marie O'Donnell Trophy in 2001 and 2000.
Lady Captain Salie Bradley, Captain Liam Wiseman and Honorary Secretary P. J. Sweeney, qualified for the National Finals of the Mercedes-Benz Irish Independent Executive Golf Classic at The K Club on August 2002.
Lady Captain Celine Bradley (18) and her Captains Prize winner, 72 years young Anna O'Shea (22) were leading qualifiers in the Volksinwagen-Irish Independent Lady Captains Classic in Co. Sligo Golf Club in August 2002. They returned 40 points on this Championship course.
Card of the Course (yards)
Hole No Blue White Orange Par Index Red Par Index 1 348 334 334 4 14 281 4 14 2 427 417 402 4 12 438 5 5 3 370 360 355 4 8 343 4 1 4 380 370 352 4 6 282 4 13 5 125 115 93 3 18 103 3 18 6 422 412 396 4 2 403 5 8 7 387 377 365 4 4 320 4 3 8 168 158 135 3 16 117 3 17 9 370 360 340 4 10 295 4 10 Out 3,097 3,003 2,772 34 2,582 36 10 402 392 382 4 9 336 4 11 11 397 387 366 4 3 331 4 4 12 341 331 315 4 11 296 4 2 13 207 197 187 3 7 189 3 9 14 338 328 316 4 13 291 4 6 15 410 400 400 4 5 341 4 12 16 142 132 122 3 17 135 3 15 17 396 386 361 4 1 400 5 16 18 509 490 469 5 15 454 5 7 In 3,142 3,043 2,918 35 2,773 36 Total 6,139 6,046 5,690 69 5,355 72 SSS 70 69 68 70
Men's Course Record: 65 T. Purdy (3) 1997
Ladies Course Record:
Roll of Honour M. Murray 1989 Ladies Captain J. McNulty 1989 Men's Captain P.V. Conlon 1989 President A. O'Shea 1990 Ladies Captain J. McBride 1990 Men's Captain J. A. Corry 1990 President R. Dempsey 1991 Ladies Captain M. McFadden 1991 Men's Captain J. A. Corry 1991 President V. McFadden 1992 Ladies Captain M. Garry 1992 Men's Captain G. Lawler 1992 President C. McBride 1993 Ladies Captain H. O'Kane 1993 Men's Captain G. Lawler 1993 President B. Dunleavy 1994 Ladies Captain T. W. Laughlin 1994 Men's Captain B. Roughan 1994 President B. Quinn 1995 Ladies Captain O. J. Moran 1995 Men's Captain B. Roughan 1995 President P. Forde 1996 Ladies Captain P. J. Sweeny 1996 Men's Captain P. Carr 1996 President E. Hickey 1997 Ladies Captain H. J. Doherty 1997 Men's Captain P. Carr 1997 President M. Keating 1998 Ladies Captain A. J. Kiely 1998 Men's Captain T. McLaughlin 1998 President Eileen Keating 1999 Ladies Captain John Hession 1999 Men's Captain Ted McLaughlin 1999 President Una Doherty 2000 Ladies Captain Liam Ruxton 2000 Men's Captain Joe McNulty 2000 President Mrs. M. Sweeney 2001 Ladies Captain Sean M. Boyle 2001 Men's Captain Joe McNulty 2001 President Celie Bradley 2002 Ladies Captain Liam Wiseman 2002 Men's Captain Hugh McFadden 2002 President Mrs. Celine Gallagher 2003 Ladies Captain P. J. Keating 2003 Men's Captain Hugh McFadden 2003 President Mary Murray 2004 Ladies Captain Joseph Foley 2004 Men's Captain Michael Garry 2004 President Cynthia Fuery 2005 Ladies Captain Danny McLaughlin 2005 Men's Captain Michael Garry 2005 President Marion O'Sullivan 2007 Ladies Captain Michael Diffley 2007 Men's Captain Pat Keating 2007 President D. Logan 2008 Lowest Men's H'cap
Holes-in-One Person Date Hole No. Club Used Distance Sean Clancy 1 August 1994 16th 6-iron 142 yd's Hugo Daly 30 June 2002 5th 125 yd's